Python conflicting with other python when installed from
packages
Ruslan Mahmatkhanov
cvs-src at yandex.ru
Tue Jun 5 12:14:44 UTC 2012
Baptiste Daroussin wrote on 05.06.2012 16:07:
> Hi,
>
> With pkgng build on pointyhat I discovered that all the python packages when
> built on pointyhat, tinderbox or even poudriere all conflicts which each other
> meaning you can't install multiple python version in parallel without
> overwritting files with old package system and pkgng just forbid you to install
> the second package to avoid overwritting the file.
>
> The thing is that they are conflicting only for the bin/2to3 file. It would be
> nice if this file could be for example prefixed with the release of python like:
>
> bin/py27-2to3 or something like that. I'm aware that when just installing from
> ports only the first version of python installed got it, but if you are thinking
> in package only world it can't works that way.
>
> regards,
> Bapt
Packages that using 2to3 to convert their code on install to be python3
compatible looking exactly for `2to3' executable. So such a modification
would require modifying all the setup.py's according the python version
user has installed as default. It's just a though. I didn't see how to
resolve this correctly.
--
Regards,
Ruslan
Tinderboxing kills... the drives.
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